said done, invention writing reckoned a brilliant innovation a surpass — Carl Sagan, Dragons Eden: Speculations Evolution Human Intelligence

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When all is said and done, the invention of writing must be reckoned not only as a brilliant innovation but as a surpassing good for humanity. And assuming that we survive long enough to use their inventions wisely, I believe the same will be said of the modern Thoths and Prometheuses who are today devisingcomputers and programs at the edge of machine intelligence.

Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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